22 November 2024 Japan Engineer District and Japan Ministry of Defense Unite for Strategic Technical Forum in Tokyo The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Japan Engineer District (USACE JED) attended a technical forum held at the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, November 21st, 2024, marking a significant step in the continued strengthening of U.S.-Japan defense cooperations...
22 November 2024 ROK-US C5ISRT Summit drives capabilities to Fight Tonight, Tomorrow and Beyond: Integrating Allies and Partners In an era of increasing complexity and a region marked by emerging threats, the interoperability of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intel, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (C5ISRT) systems between the Republic of Korea, United States, allies and partners are a vital...
22 November 2024 George Washington returns to Yokosuka The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan as the United States’ only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Nov. 22...
22 November 2024 Fact Sheet: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's 12th Trip to the Indo-Pacific Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's twelfth visit to the Indo-Pacific included stops in Australia, the Philippines, Laos, and Fiji. While in the region, he participated in the Australia-U.S.-Japan Trilateral Defense Ministers' Meeting, the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus, meetings with...
22 November 2024 51st FW hosts peninsula wide chaplain symposium U.S. Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force chaplain corps members gathered at Osan Air Base, ROK, for the ROKAF and U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps Readiness Symposium on Nov. 14, 2024...
21 November 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds an On-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing in the Philippines U.S. Department of Defense transcript:...
21 November 2024 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meetings in Laos for the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his engagements with counterparts in Laos today, where he attended the 11th annual ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus)...
21 November 2024 Joint Readout From Australia-Japan-Philippines-Republic of Korea-United States Defense Ministers' Meeting Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III met together for the first time on...
21 November 2024 U.S. Department of Defense Vision Statement for a Prosperous and Secure Southeast Asia The United States aims to support a Southeast Asian region free of coercion where safety, security, sovereignty, self-determination, and prosperity are shepherded by ASEAN centrality...
21 November 2024 U.S. and Indonesian Marines Conclude Successful Keris MAREX 2024 On Nov. 19, a combined force of nearly 600 personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps’ Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA), and the 10th Marine Infantry Battalion of the Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia (KORMAR), or Indonesian Marine Corps, concluded Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024 in a...